Player interactive live action football game

In a video game for generating and displaying on a display device a contest of opposing teams to be played by at least one user, each team comprising at least one character, the contest to be carried out at variable positions on a playing field, apparatus for displaying a selected one of a plurality of first images representing predetermined contest plays, said apparatus comprising:

• a) means for storing said plurality of first images of contest plays;
• b) means manually actuated by the user for providing a signal indicative of a selected one of said plurality of first images of the contest plays to be displayed;
• c) means responsive to said signal for accessing from said storing means the selected one first image of a contest play to be displayed;
• d) means for determining the variable playing field position as a result of the contest of the selected one first image of a contest play;
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• e) means for generating a second image representative of the determined playing field position;
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• f) means for superimposing said selected one first image of a contest play and said second image.

A pre-recorded, live action and sound with electronically generated graphics overlay, full motion video, interactive game to be played on at least one viewing screen by at least one user, said game comprising:

• (a) random access storage and retrieval means for storing a plurality of individual, pre-recorded action plays illustrating interaction of players of opposite teams, a plurality of individual commercial messages being stored in said random access storage means and accessed according to the time which has elapsed during play;
• (b) a microprocessor and microprocessor control means electronically associated with said random access storage and retrieval means for enabling at least one user to select in sequence through said control means different ones of said plays according to play type, said microprocessor then, by using statistical tables, to select the video image of the actual play according to play type selected by the user, said microprocessor further programmed to evaluate and accumulate play results and report them to the users in a meaningful way;
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• (c) display means electronically associated with said microprocessor for enabling the selected plays to be viewed by the users;
• said audio storage and retrieval means comprising audio retrieval means correlated with the individual pre-recorded live action plays and arranged so as to provide audio commentary corresponding to the plays displayed on said display means through speaker means electronically associated with said microprocessor and said display means, said commercial messages to be displayed on said display means at predetermined times, and audio signals to accompany said commercial messages when displayed on said display means.